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From: normanl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Modem directly connected to Atari
Message-ID: <1990Feb7.060203.24025@uokmax.uucp>
Date: 7 Feb 90 06:02:03 GMT
Sender: normanl@uokmax.uucp (Norman Lin)
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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I am fairly new to the world of modeming.  I currently have an IBM here at
school and an Atari at home.  I just got a modem for the IBM, a Hayes-
compatible 2400bps external modem.  Does anyone know -- can this modem be
directly connected to the Atari 800XL, without using the 850 interface
or other such inteface?  "Directly" includes hand-wiring an Atari SIO cable
to the modem RS232 cable.

If this is indeed possible, I would assume that I would need some sort
of device handler to get the operating system to recognize the new device.
Is there any software available for ftp that would perform this fuction?
(of course, I would be able to ftp it, but not to the Atari since the Atari
doesn't have the handler software yet.  I'd even get a printout of the
object code and type it in manually if necessary...)  Or would I need to
write my own device handler?  (I have written rudimentary handlers before
such as miniature ram-drives and such, but I have no idea what hardware
registers would be used to access a direct-wired modem.)

Thanks in advance.
-- 
Norman Lin / normanl@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu